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Gold slightly lower; market still analyzing FOMC minutes

American stock futures and Gold are slightly lower this morning as investors continue to analyze the latest Federal Open Market Committee minutes. The top story hasn’t changed; all eyes are firmly on a small town in Wyoming. “Given all the mixed messages, the Jackson Hole symposium next Friday is building up to be a key event as we look forward to the latest download from the chairman himself,” said James Reid of Deutsche Bank.

Yesterday, the St. Louis Federal Reserve president said that more easing may be unnecessary. Today, one of the longtime supporters of further quantitative easing by the Fed, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, stated his view on the matter. “The outlook for growth is 2 percent, if we are lucky 2.5 percent, over the next 18 months to two years. Back in the spring, we thought it was going to be 2 1/2, 3 percent. … We stepped down our outlook; unemployment is 8.3 percent; there’s a lot of reason to do more,” he said.

Though the Gold price has come off the recent rally this morning, Pradeep Unni of Richcomm Global Services said that it likely won’t last long. “Having got the necessary signals from the Fed for QE3, the market is just waiting for a confirmation to spike higher,” he said. “Any consecutive release of weaker than expected economic data will only add fuel to the fire.”

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